by Karine Joly
I wrote a piece for University Business including some examples in June:
http://www.universitybusiness.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=797
Hope this helps.
Friday, July 27, 2007
SL + Wii remote
by Jeremy Kemp
See a Wired write-up today about an MIT prof talking
about connecting the Wiimote with SL for low-cost
training sims:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/07/wiimote
---
Wii + Second Life = New Training Simulator
Steve Mollman Email 07.27.07 2:00 AM
Nintendo games have made the Wii controller a
satisfyingly realistic controller for pretend tennis,
golf and baseball. But how about using it to practice
doing surgery, applying pesticides or operating a
nuclear power plant?
Real-world simulations like these are perfectly suited
to Nintendo's Wiimote, says MIT research fellow David
E. Stone. In fact, he claims the motion-sensitive
controller is "one of the most significant technology
breakthroughs in the history of computer science." Say
what?
For Stone, the Wiimote is the key to building
realistic training simulators within the virtual world
of Second Life. He is helping companies and
universities do that through his WorldWired
consultancy. Clients include a company interested in
training workers for its power plants, a manufacturer
of medical devices and pest-control firm Orkin.
See a Wired write-up today about an MIT prof talking
about connecting the Wiimote with SL for low-cost
training sims:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/07/wiimote
---
Wii + Second Life = New Training Simulator
Steve Mollman Email 07.27.07 2:00 AM
Nintendo games have made the Wii controller a
satisfyingly realistic controller for pretend tennis,
golf and baseball. But how about using it to practice
doing surgery, applying pesticides or operating a
nuclear power plant?
Real-world simulations like these are perfectly suited
to Nintendo's Wiimote, says MIT research fellow David
E. Stone. In fact, he claims the motion-sensitive
controller is "one of the most significant technology
breakthroughs in the history of computer science." Say
what?
For Stone, the Wiimote is the key to building
realistic training simulators within the virtual world
of Second Life. He is helping companies and
universities do that through his WorldWired
consultancy. Clients include a company interested in
training workers for its power plants, a manufacturer
of medical devices and pest-control firm Orkin.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Videos/Slide Shows about SL and Education
by Alan and Phil
In response to a request for videos about SL...
There have been a number of presentations explaining Second Life posted to various places on the web. However, the specifics of what is going to make a compelling case for Charles Darwin University to enter this community are at least in part dependent on the local issues that address the goals and initiatives that your institution has already set forth in its strategic planning agenda.
Second Life for Education - Slides used in a short presentation for University of Alaska Fairbanks IT Day highlighting how 3D virtual worlds and SL specifically are being used in education
http://www.slideshare.net/iconolith/second-life-for-education
Second Life in 3600 Seconds - An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of Second Life, with particular reference to its use in education.
http://www.slideshare.net/eduservfoundation/second-life-in-3600-seconds
and of course, your Australian colleagues at Wollongong
An Introduction to Second Life - An Introduction to Second Life, it's basic characteristics and the educational possibilities it presents
http://www.slideshare.net/jokay/introduction-to-second-life/
These are just a few of those on the Slideshare.net site (search term = Second life) I'm sure others on the list have some suggestions for you but this might get you started, or get you through as source from which you can modify things to suit your local needs.
ALSO...
http://www.slideshare.net/nmc/second-life-at-mit/
and others from NMC 2007:
A View From Second Life Trenches: Are You A Pioneer or Settler (Cynthia Calongne)
http://www.slideshare.net/nmc/a-view-from-second-lifes-trenches-are-you-a-pioneer-or-a-settler
Building OneCleveland in Second Life
http://www.slideshare.net/shick06/building-onecleveland-in-second-life/
I'm not so sure a presenter-less presentation always gets the message- videos get the message across better - we've recently lobbed about 70 Sl related education videos into a YouTube playlist and others we track at:
http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Intro_videos
In response to a request for videos about SL...
There have been a number of presentations explaining Second Life posted to various places on the web. However, the specifics of what is going to make a compelling case for Charles Darwin University to enter this community are at least in part dependent on the local issues that address the goals and initiatives that your institution has already set forth in its strategic planning agenda.
Second Life for Education - Slides used in a short presentation for University of Alaska Fairbanks IT Day highlighting how 3D virtual worlds and SL specifically are being used in education
http://www.slideshare.net/iconolith/second-life-for-education
Second Life in 3600 Seconds - An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of Second Life, with particular reference to its use in education.
http://www.slideshare.net/eduservfoundation/second-life-in-3600-seconds
and of course, your Australian colleagues at Wollongong
An Introduction to Second Life - An Introduction to Second Life, it's basic characteristics and the educational possibilities it presents
http://www.slideshare.net/jokay/introduction-to-second-life/
These are just a few of those on the Slideshare.net site (search term = Second life) I'm sure others on the list have some suggestions for you but this might get you started, or get you through as source from which you can modify things to suit your local needs.
ALSO...
http://www.slideshare.net/nmc/second-life-at-mit/
and others from NMC 2007:
A View From Second Life Trenches: Are You A Pioneer or Settler (Cynthia Calongne)
http://www.slideshare.net/nmc/a-view-from-second-lifes-trenches-are-you-a-pioneer-or-a-settler
Building OneCleveland in Second Life
http://www.slideshare.net/shick06/building-onecleveland-in-second-life/
I'm not so sure a presenter-less presentation always gets the message- videos get the message across better - we've recently lobbed about 70 Sl related education videos into a YouTube playlist and others we track at:
http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Intro_videos
NMC Sponsors SLCC edu track, registrations for 3 teachers
by Alan Levine
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/2007/07/25/slcc07/
The NMC is sponsoring the Education track at the Second Life Community Convention conference next month in Chicago. As part of our sponsorship, we plan to support three registrations from educators active in Second Life who would like to attend the conference by covering their registration fee with an NMC Fellowship.
To take advantage of this — $185 value — send Larry Pixel a notecard in world explaining how attending SLCC will help you further your professional goals in the coming year, along with your institutional affiliation. Any practicing educator is eligible.
We will select the entries August 1 and announce the fellowships here. Come to SLCC in Chicago!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Instituto Cervantes in Second Life
by Giulio Prisco
The virtual headquarters of Instituto Cervantes in Second Life
recreate the representative building of calle Alcalá in Madrid. With
this initiative, Instituto Cervantes places itself at the forefront of
Spanish cultural institutions with own presence in Second Life, in
line with other prestigious international institutions and
organizations. The Cervantes Island has been designed and produced by
Metafuturing, S.L., a company based in Madrid and specialized in
Second Life, Virtual Reality and Internet services.
http://tendencias21.net/metaverso/index.php?action=article&numero=11
Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide non-profit organization created by
the Spanish government in 1991. It is the largest organization in the
world concerned with the teaching of Spanish, and it maintains a
presence in over twenty different countries throughout 54 centers
devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American culture and Spanish
Language. The mission of Instituto Cervantes is to promote the
teaching, study, and use of Spanish as a second language and to
contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American
cultures throughout non-Spanish speaking countries. The Institute is
named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), the most important figure
in the history of Spanish literature.
The virtual headquarters of Instituto Cervantes in Second Life
recreate the representative building of calle Alcalá in Madrid. With
this initiative, Instituto Cervantes places itself at the forefront of
Spanish cultural institutions with own presence in Second Life, in
line with other prestigious international institutions and
organizations. The Cervantes Island has been designed and produced by
Metafuturing, S.L., a company based in Madrid and specialized in
Second Life, Virtual Reality and Internet services.
http://tendencias21.net/metaverso/index.php?action=article&numero=11
Instituto Cervantes is a worldwide non-profit organization created by
the Spanish government in 1991. It is the largest organization in the
world concerned with the teaching of Spanish, and it maintains a
presence in over twenty different countries throughout 54 centers
devoted to the Spanish and Hispanic American culture and Spanish
Language. The mission of Instituto Cervantes is to promote the
teaching, study, and use of Spanish as a second language and to
contribute to the advancement of the Spanish and Hispanic American
cultures throughout non-Spanish speaking countries. The Institute is
named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), the most important figure
in the history of Spanish literature.
Fwd: [SLED] NMC Conference Posters - On the Screen At the Gonick
by Alan Levine
The poster presentations from the NMC 2007 Summer Conference will continue to be available this week on the Green at the Gonick Amphitheater on NMC Campus (NMC Campus 113,100,26 or http://tinyurl.com/nraap )
For a recap, see: http://sl.nmc.org/2007/07/20/2007-posters/ and listen to an audio interview we did using the voice client:
Also, we are trying to rotate the content on the Gonick Amphitheater. Playing now is:
* Center Screen -University of British Columbia's Center of Excellence Video from the conference
* Audio channel and right screen- audio and slides from Anya Ixchel's presentation at the conference on "Please, Play, Participation, Promise"
A New and Improved SL Video Jukebox
by Alan Levine
I've tossed my YouTube playlist in lieu of a new web video collection of education oriented clips (now at 84) at:
Vodpod provides a browser tool that allows you to add new clips from almost any flash format web video site. It provides a slick embedded player:
But what I really like is others can "join" this pod and help add to the collection. Add yours today!
NMC Buzz Article
by Zak Carter
Hot off the press!
http://www.slnn.com/index.php/article/about/teachers-say/page/1.html
Hot off the press!
http://www.slnn.com/index.php/article/about/teachers-say/page/1.html
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Virtual campus could aid in emergency
by Pathfinder Linden
The University of New Orleans has a plan for keeping instruction going and holding onto its students in the event of another Hurricane Katrina-like disaster, and it involves holding classes in the online virtual world "Second Life."
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7171
The University of New Orleans has a plan for keeping instruction going and holding onto its students in the event of another Hurricane Katrina-like disaster, and it involves holding classes in the online virtual world "Second Life."
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7171
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Diversity Role Play
by Alan Levine
I did a little activity with colleagues at Johns Hopkins as a demo for a university diversity committee-- I played the part of a candidate for a position, and the rather conservative hiring committee has an adverse reaction to me being "furry" ;-)
The voice feature in the FirstLook client helped a lot to play this out-- audio issues prevented a recording, but we have pictures and the script:
Avatar as Communication
by Orion Pozo
The Avatar as Communication by Dr. Angela Thomas (Anya Ixchel) is a slide set
http://www.slideshare.net/anya/the-avatar-as-communication
I found quite interesting on the topic of avatar creation. The quote that caught me up is in slide 12: "The avatar is a direct telephone line to the soul."
The Avatar as Communication by Dr. Angela Thomas (Anya Ixchel) is a slide set
http://www.slideshare.net/anya/the-avatar-as-communication
I found quite interesting on the topic of avatar creation. The quote that caught me up is in slide 12: "The avatar is a direct telephone line to the soul."
Phila Inquirer
by Beth Ritter-Guth
Literature Alive! and inworld librarians had a nice write up in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070715_Second_Life_literati_create_book_world.html
Literature Alive! and inworld librarians had a nice write up in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20070715_Second_Life_literati_create_book_world.html
German language introduction to learning in virtual worlds
by Willy Hegel
one of my (german language) presentations about learning in virtual
worlds has been recorded by the friendly techies from Technical
University of Munich using Lecturnity. It's available at:
http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/~electum/videos/elf_secondlife_060629/
...thought it might be useful for some of the german speaking members
of this list.
P.S.: Realplayer required
one of my (german language) presentations about learning in virtual
worlds has been recorded by the friendly techies from Technical
University of Munich using Lecturnity. It's available at:
http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/~electum/videos/elf_secondlife_060629/
...thought it might be useful for some of the german speaking members
of this list.
P.S.: Realplayer required
Invite (event on 19 July, 12 pm SLT)
by Mark Mullis
Join other educators and friends for a gathering on MCLC 1 and 2 on Thursday
19th July:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MCLC2/127/167/28
We hope the evening to pan out as follows:
(But we dont like structure so be warned:)
12pm pst (8pm UK time) gathering at MCLC2 for networking and sharing - take a look at the bits and pieces the Middlesbrough city learning centre have been putting together for teacher courses.
12.45pm pst (8.45pm) Discussion at 'The pit' follow the yellow brick road.(Our project focus is on Learning and not education - looking at re-imagining education in light of what we now know about learning and using the new emerging tools and technologies. This will steer our discussion)
1.30 pst (9.30pm) Party on MCLC1 - you need to be there!
(IM Marc Nomura)
Join other educators and friends for a gathering on MCLC 1 and 2 on Thursday
19th July:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MCLC2/127/167/28
We hope the evening to pan out as follows:
(But we dont like structure so be warned:)
12pm pst (8pm UK time) gathering at MCLC2 for networking and sharing - take a look at the bits and pieces the Middlesbrough city learning centre have been putting together for teacher courses.
12.45pm pst (8.45pm) Discussion at 'The pit' follow the yellow brick road.(Our project focus is on Learning and not education - looking at re-imagining education in light of what we now know about learning and using the new emerging tools and technologies. This will steer our discussion)
1.30 pst (9.30pm) Party on MCLC1 - you need to be there!
(IM Marc Nomura)
Sl Problem-basedlearning (24 July at 2 pm UK time)
by Maggi Savin-Baden
Some of us in the UK are interested in developing innovative learning in
Second Life, particularly Problem-based learning
If any of you want to join us we are meeting on Coventry University at
2pm (UK time) Tuesday 24th July on Coventry University Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Coventry%20University/147/34/37/
Some of us in the UK are interested in developing innovative learning in
Second Life, particularly Problem-based learning
If any of you want to join us we are meeting on Coventry University at
2pm (UK time) Tuesday 24th July on Coventry University Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Coventry%20University/147/34/37/
Library developments in Second Life (survey)
by John Kirriemuir
My name is John Kirriemuir -www.silversprite.com - or in SL, I'm Silversprite Helsinki.
I'm doing a survey on real-world libraries (public, academic, specalist, private) that have been recreated, or branched out, into Second Life. Some of the results will get presented at the 2007 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium next week (come to Chicago!), others will be summarised into an open publication that will link from this list.
Are you involved in developing or running such a library in SL? If so, I'd appreciate the answers to a few questions. Please be aware that answers may end up in a presentation or open summary, so please don't put in anything you don't want made public:
- What was the reason for making a library in SL? Why was it set up? Who is, or was, the target audience?
- What functionality is in the library i.e. what kind of interactive "stuff" have you put into it?
- What resources (person hours) were needed to develop it, and was this official work time or self/hobby time?
- Do you have a funding source, or official sanction?
- How "busy" has the structure or facility been, e.g. for a meeting space, how many meetings have taken place and how many people have attended?
- Have there been real-world impacts, e.g. a person started using a library in the real world because they encountered it in SL?
Any response would be much appreciated.
Please send responses to [john -at- silversprite (dot) com] - I'll collate and link to a summary from here in a while.
My name is John Kirriemuir -www.silversprite.com - or in SL, I'm Silversprite Helsinki.
I'm doing a survey on real-world libraries (public, academic, specalist, private) that have been recreated, or branched out, into Second Life. Some of the results will get presented at the 2007 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium next week (come to Chicago!), others will be summarised into an open publication that will link from this list.
Are you involved in developing or running such a library in SL? If so, I'd appreciate the answers to a few questions. Please be aware that answers may end up in a presentation or open summary, so please don't put in anything you don't want made public:
- What was the reason for making a library in SL? Why was it set up? Who is, or was, the target audience?
- What functionality is in the library i.e. what kind of interactive "stuff" have you put into it?
- What resources (person hours) were needed to develop it, and was this official work time or self/hobby time?
- Do you have a funding source, or official sanction?
- How "busy" has the structure or facility been, e.g. for a meeting space, how many meetings have taken place and how many people have attended?
- Have there been real-world impacts, e.g. a person started using a library in the real world because they encountered it in SL?
Any response would be much appreciated.
Please send responses to [john -at- silversprite (dot) com] - I'll collate and link to a summary from here in a while.
NMC Conference Posters on the Green July 20-27
by Alan Levine
For the second year we are bringing to Second Life the poster presentations from the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, held this year in Indianapolis.
We hope to have all 23 posters represented, including "Blueprint For an Integrated Learning and Portfolio System", "Can You Hear Me Now? Pilot Study of Classroom Recording Technologies", "Digital Asset Management: Beyond the Repository", "OpenCourseWare: It's Not Just MIT Anymore", "Using VRML and Flash to Teach Three Dimensional Coordinate Space", "You Don't Know Meningitis: Injecting Interactivity Into Health Education", and much more. Each poster will have information available on notecards, as well as links to relevant web sites
The posters will be on display July 20-27 on the main NMC Campus sim, on the grassy areas surrounding the Gonick Amphitheater (NMC Campus 113,100,26, http://tinyurl.com/nraap), If you have not joined one of the NMC Campus groups, you must do so ahead of time at http://sl.nmc.org/join/ (necessary for teleporting to many of our sims).
We invite you to join us this Friday July 20, for the opening, 1:00-3:00 PM SLT/PDT (check local time http://timeanddate.com/s/f79) to meet the presenters in world. Strap on your headsets and the FirstLook client, and you can talk via in world audio- NMC Campus is audio enabled.
During the week, we will also provide audio, video, and slideshows form the conference on the screens at the Gonick. Full info at http://sl.nmc.org/2007/07/12/posters-2/
The word is there will be a version of the People's Choice award winner "Seeing Sideways" poster which in Indy was displayed as an actual, RL refrigerator (psss http://flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/831829353/)
Any questions about this event IM myself or Ninmah Ash. We hope you can join us Friday or any time next week "on the green".
Avastar.com Article
by Douglas Danforth
The July 6 issue (Issue 29) of The Avastar (www.the-avastar.com) has a nice piece on Princeton's SL University initiative as well as a brief blurb on other Universities in SL.
A must watch new machinima from Robbie Dingo
by Nick Noakes
Watch the Worlds - you have to watch this!
http://tinyurl.com/2n7rr4
Download from Robbie's blog in high, medium and low quality version, and
also on YouTube
Watch the Worlds - you have to watch this!
http://tinyurl.com/2n7rr4
Download from Robbie's blog in high, medium and low quality version, and
also on YouTube
Rent a lecture hall
by Jeremy Hunsinger
i'm not sure why anyone would need a lecture hall unless you have an
outside speaker and expect a huge audience... but even then most
'lecture halls' will only sit 40 or less. some lecture halls will
sit up to 140-160 if they are built correctly and the corresponding
sims are managed well.
however, if you are thinking of lecturing to your students or having
your students sit in a lecture hall..... you are pretty much missing
the point of sl.
in sl... you have instant messenger to groups
in sl, your students can put a video on a prim anywhere they have
permissions
these two things negate any need the professor might have to have
them copresent.
other than that, you can check out the lecture halls in kula, there
are 2 of those, then there is the rubyist meeting location which is
one of the best 'unclassrooms' around, i think. everything in kula
is free to use, just let us know that you are using it and when, so
we can avoid scheduling conflicts.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%201/249/8/28/ is the slurl of the main ampitheater seats 160 or so, needs to be scheduled through me
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%204/199/53/21/ is the slurl of the creative commons small ampitheater should be scheduled
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/86/125/21/ the rccosmos mini hall, great for panel discussions
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/212/204/27/ the rubyists 'unclassroom'
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/224/60/68/ where i meet with my students
if you want to know more about what we do in kula....
http://movies.tmttlt.com/kula_video.mov
i'm not sure why anyone would need a lecture hall unless you have an
outside speaker and expect a huge audience... but even then most
'lecture halls' will only sit 40 or less. some lecture halls will
sit up to 140-160 if they are built correctly and the corresponding
sims are managed well.
however, if you are thinking of lecturing to your students or having
your students sit in a lecture hall..... you are pretty much missing
the point of sl.
in sl... you have instant messenger to groups
in sl, your students can put a video on a prim anywhere they have
permissions
these two things negate any need the professor might have to have
them copresent.
other than that, you can check out the lecture halls in kula, there
are 2 of those, then there is the rubyist meeting location which is
one of the best 'unclassrooms' around, i think. everything in kula
is free to use, just let us know that you are using it and when, so
we can avoid scheduling conflicts.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%201/249/8/28/ is the slurl of the main ampitheater seats 160 or so, needs to be scheduled through me
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%204/199/53/21/ is the slurl of the creative commons small ampitheater should be scheduled
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/86/125/21/ the rccosmos mini hall, great for panel discussions
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/212/204/27/ the rubyists 'unclassroom'
http://slurl.com/secondlife/kula%203/224/60/68/ where i meet with my students
if you want to know more about what we do in kula....
http://movies.tmttlt.com/kula_video.mov
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